Category Archives: Dining & Nightlife

Fuwuyuan! launches with a review of Emma’s Crepes in Guangzhou

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Danny Lee

The Nanfang is launching a new restaurant and bar review column called “Fuwuyuan!”. In today’s first installment, Danny Lee ventures into the wilds of suburban Guangzhou for a taste of France at Emma’s Crepes. Continue reading →

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Guangzhou media find fake sanitized dishes common in PRD restaurants

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Katei Wang

You might want to keep rinsing those restaurant chopsticks, bowls and teacups the next time you eat out…or just bring your own. Continue reading →

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McCawley’s Irish Pub opens its doors in Guangzhou

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Cam MacMurchy

Guangzhou – already spoiled when it comes to pubs and delicious deep-fried morsels – is getting one of Shenzhen’s most famous drinking dens. McCawley’s has finally set up shop in the city in the Pearl River New Town area. Continue reading →

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Dogs move from the dinner plate to the perfect companion

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Cam MacMurchy

Attitudes around dogs are changing, as CNN notes in a story looking at how dogs have become loved for a lot more than just their taste. Continue reading →

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Popular Oz coffee shop opens first outlet in China — in GZ

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Cam MacMurchy

One of Australia’s most popular coffee shops – which took credit for Starbucks drastically scaling down in the country in 2008 – is now open in Guangzhou to win the hearts and minds of the city’s vast tea-drinking market. It’s The Coffee Club’s first outlet in China. Continue reading →

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0714-2011 PRD news today

Posted on July 14, 2011 by feng37

If you’ve taken a taxi in Guangzhou this week, chances are the driver was listening to the latest update in ongoing talks about a possible fare hike. Also in today’s news: guns, credit card theft and one jailed chopper. Continue reading →

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Life’s little pleasures: Burger King throws open its doors at Coco Park

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Cam MacMurchy

Sure, Burger King can already be found in other parts of Shenzhen and across the border in Hong Kong. But Coco Park isn’t just anywhere in Shenzhen, and its very first Burger King has thrown open its doors to the masses. Continue reading →

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Popular Indian eatery Vaastu closes its doors

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Administrator

Award-winning Indian restaurant Vaastu has closed its doors in Guangzhou because of “unavoidable circumstances”. Continue reading →

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Guangzhou restaurant uses iPad as menu, waiter

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Administrator

One Guangzhou restaurant says it spent RMB 100,000 on iPads as menus and ordering devices, limiting the need for waiters and providing a touch of panache to the dining experience. Continue reading →

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Shenzhen, Guangzhou Italian restaurants win Ospitalita’ Italiana

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Administrator

The finest Italian chefs have been scouring China to find the most authentic Italian cuisine, and the results are in: six of the best are right here in Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Continue reading →

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